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| Nov. 6 |
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| (O.S. Oct. 24.) THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION. The Bolsheviks, led by the military revolutionary committee, the soldiers of the Petrograd garrison, the sailors from Kronstadt, and the workers' Red Guards, captured most of the government offices, took the Winter Palace by storm, and arrested the members of the provisional government. Kerensky managed to escape, and, after a futile attempt to organize resistance, went into hiding and subsequently into exile abroad. | 1 |
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| Nov. 7 |
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| The Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets, from which the moderate Socialists bolted, approved the coup and handed over power to the Bolsheviks. | 2 |
| The history of Russia (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) from 1917 to 1941 may be conveniently divided into three periods: (1) the Period of Militant Communism (1917–21); (2) the Period of the New Economic Policy (1921–27); and (3) the Period of the New Socialist Offensive (1928–41). | 3 |
| The new government (organized Nov. 9) assumed the name Council of People's Commissars. It was headed by Lenin and included Trotsky (commissar for foreign affairs) and Joseph Stalin (commissar for national minorities). To protect itself and to crush opposition, the council organized (Dec. 20) the Extraordinary Commission to Combat Counter-Revolution (the Cheka, later known as the GPU). | 4 |
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| Nov. 25 |
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| The elections to the constituent assembly returned 420 Social Revolutionaries as against only 225 Bolsheviks. When the assembly met in Petrograd (Jan. 18, 1918) it was dispersed at once by the Red troops. Therewith one of the most influential elements of the opposition was disposed of. Some of the Social Revolutionaries joined in the anti-Bolshevik movements that soon began to form. | 5 |
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